Polish Football Cup 2011/12

The Miejski stadium in Kielce , the venue for the 2012 Polish Cup final

The 2011/12 Puchar Polski was the 58th playout of the Polish cup competition. It began on July 19, 2011 with the first round of matches and ended on April 24, 2012 with the final in the Miejski Stadium in Kielce .

Last year's winner Legia Warsaw defended the title in the final against Ruch Chorzów and won the national cup for the 15th time in its 21st appearance in the final. Final opponent Ruch Chorzów was in his ninth final and lost for the sixth time. By winning the cup, Legia qualified for participation in the 2nd qualifying round of the 2012/2013 Europa League .

Participating teams

The following 86 teams were qualified for the main round:

Ekstraklasa 16 clubs of the 2010/11 season	1st league 18 clubs of the 2010/11 season	2. League 36 teams of the 2010/11 season	16 regional cup winners of the voivodeships in the 2010/11 season
Lech poses Wisła Krakow Ruch Chorzów Legia Warsaw (TV) GKS Bełchatów Corona Kielce Polonia Bytom Lechia Gdańsk Śląsk Wrocław Zagłębie Lubin Jagiellonia Białystok Cracovia Krakow Polonia Warsaw Arka Gdynia Górnik Zabrze Widzew Łódź	Piast Gliwice ŁKS Łódź Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Flota Świnoujście Pogoń Szczecin Sandecja Nowy Sącz Warta poses GKS Bogdanka Łęczna Ruch Radzionków KS Polkowice GKS Katowice Kolejarz Stróże Dolcan Ząbki Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza MKS Kluczbork KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Odra Wodzislaw GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski	Olimpia Grudziądz Wisla Plock Olimpia Elbląg Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Okocimski KS Brzesko OKS Stomil Olsztyn Znicz Pruszków Stal Stalowa Wola Stal Rzeszów Jeziorak Iława Resovia Rzeszów Sokół Sokółka Wigry Suwałki Pelican Łowicz GLKS Nadarzyn Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie Motor Lublin Puszcza Niepołomice Start Otwock Zawisza Bydgoszcz GKS Tychy Miedź Legnica Zagłębie Sosnowiec Ruch Zdzieszowice Bałtyk Gdynia Chojniczanka Chojnice Nielba Wągrowiec Górnik Wałbrzych Elana Toruń Czarni Żagań Jarota Jarocin Raków Częstochowa Tur Turek Lechia Zielona Góra Polonia Nowy Tomyśl Polonia Słubice	Warmia-Masuria Huragan Morag Greater Poland Sokół Kleczew Holy Cross Alit Ożarów Subcarpathian LZS Turbia Lesser Poland Limanovia Limanowa Kuyavian Pomeranian Lech Rypin Lebus Ilanka Rzepin Lublin Podlasie II Biała Podlaska Łódź Włókniarz Zelów Mazovia Mazur Karczew Lower Silesia Chrobry Głogów Opole Start Namysłów Podlaskie ŁKS 1926 Łomża Pomerania Gryf Wejherowo Silesia Rozwój II Katowice West Pomerania Bałtyk Koszalin

Elimination games for the preliminary round

The qualifying matches for the preliminary round took place on July 19 and 21, 2011 with 16 regional cup winners from the voivodships and 36 clubs from the 2nd division .

date		Result
07/19/2011	Stal Rzeszów	0: 1 a.d.	Okocimski KS Brzesko
07/21/2011	Gryf Wejherowo	1-0	Olimpia Grudziądz
07/21/2011	Bałtyk Koszalin	0: 2	Zawisza Bydgoszcz
07/21/2011	Huragan Morag	3: 3 n.V. (5: 3 in good. )	Bałtyk Gdynia
07/21/2011	ŁKS 1926 Łomża	2: 3	OKS Stomil Olsztyn
07/21/2011	Lech Rypin	1-0	Jeziorak Iława
07/21/2011	Sokół Kleczew	9: 3	Polonia Słubice
07/21/2011	Ilanka Rzepin	¹0: 3 ¹	Jarota Jarocin
07/21/2011	Włókniarz Zelów	2: 3	Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
07/21/2011	Mazur Karczew	0: 2 a.d.	Wigry Suwałki
07/21/2011	Podlasie II Biała Podlaska	2: 3	Sokół Sokółka
07/21/2011	Alit Ożarów	1: 7	Wisla Plock
07/21/2011	Chrobry Głogów	¹3: 0 ²	Czarni Żagań
07/21/2011	Start Namysłów	0: 3	Miedź Legnica
07/21/2011	Rozwój II Katowice	5: 2 a.d.	Górnik Wałbrzych
07/21/2011	Limanovia Limanowa	2-0	Raków Częstochowa
07/21/2011	LZS Turbia	1: 0 a.d.	Motor Lublin
07/21/2011	Chojniczanka Chojnice	2: 3	Ruch Zdzieszowice
07/21/2011	Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie	¹0: 3 ³	Olimpia Elbląg
07/21/2011	Pelican Łowicz	2-0	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
07/21/2011	Polonia Nowy Tomyśl	¹0: 3 ⁴	GKS Tychy
07/21/2011	Tur Turek	1: 2	Elana Toruń
07/21/2011	Resovia Rzeszów	¹3: 0 ⁵	GLKS Nadarzyn
07/21/2011	Lechia Zielona Góra	0: 1	Nielba Wągrowiec
07/21/2011	Start Otwock	2: 3	Znicz Pruszków
07/21/2011	Puszcza Niepołomice	1: 1 a.d. (5: 3 in good condition )	Stal Stalowa Wola

¹ Ilanka Rzepin was excluded from the competition.

² The game (2-1 for Chrobry) was rated 3-0 for Głogów because of the use of an ineligible player at Czarni Żagań.

³ Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie was excluded from the competition.

^4th Polonia Nowy Tomyśl was excluded from the competition.

⁵ GLKS Nadarzyn was excluded from the competition.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round matches with the winners of the qualifying games for the preliminary round took place on August 2, 3 and 10, 2011. Ruch Zdzieszowice and Jarota Jarocin received a bye for the first round.

date		Result
08/02/2011	GKS Tychy	1: 3	Elana Toruń
08/02/2011	Sokół Kleczew	3: 2	Lech Rypin
08/02/2011	Znicz Pruszków	0: 1	Puszcza Niepołomice
08/03/2011	Huragan Morag	0: 1	OKS Stomil Olsztyn
08/03/2011	Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	0: 2	Olimpia Elbląg
08/03/2011	Sokół Sokółka	1-0	Wigry Suwałki
08/03/2011	Resovia Rzeszów	5: 3	Wisla Plock
08/03/2011	Chrobry Głogów	3: 2 a.d.	Miedź Legnica
08/03/2011	LZS Turbia	0: 4	Limanovia Limanowa
08/03/2011	Okocimski KS Brzesko	1-0	Pelican Łowicz
08/03/2011	Rozwój II Katowice	1-0	Nielba Wągrowiec
08/10/2011	Gryf Wejherowo	3: 3 n.V. (4: 3 in good. )	Zawisza Bydgoszcz

1 round

The first round games took place on August 16, 17 and 23, 2011. The 14 winners of the preliminary round games including Ruch Zdzieszowice and Jarota Jarocin , who had received a bye, took part. There were also 18 teams in the 1st division .

date		Result
08/16/2011	Elana Toruń	1: 3 a.d.	Flota Świnoujście
08/16/2011	Okocimski KS Brzesko	2: 2 n.V. (4: 2 in good. )	KS Polkowice
08/16/2011	Puszcza Niepołomice	0: 0 a.d. (4: 2 in good condition )	GKS Katowice
08/16/2011	Ruch Zdzieszowice	2-0	Kolejarz Stróże
08/17/2011	Rozwój II Katowice	¹3: 0 ¹	KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
08/17/2011	Sokół Kleczew	0: 2	MKS Kluczbork
08/17/2011	Olimpia Elbląg	1: 1 a.d. (4: 3 in good condition )	Warta poses
08/17/2011	Sokół Sokółka	2: 3 a.d.	Ruch Radzionków
08/17/2011	OKS Stomil Olsztyn	1: 0 a.d.	Pogoń Szczecin
08/17/2011	Gryf Wejherowo	1-0	Sandecja Nowy Sącz
08/17/2011	Jarota Jarocin	0: 1 a.d.	Dolcan Ząbki
08/17/2011	Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza	0: 2	ŁKS Łódź
08/17/2011	Piast Gliwice	5: 2 a.d.	GKS Bogdanka Łęczna
08/23/2011	Resovia Rzeszów	1: 3	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
without appointment	Chrobry Głogów	¹3: 0 ²	Odra Wodzislaw
without appointment	Limanovia Limanowa	¹3: 0 ²	GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski

¹ KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski was excluded from the competition.

² Odra Wodzisław and GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski withdrew before the start of the 2011/12 season.

2nd round

The second round games took place between September 20 and 28, 2011. The 16 winners of the 1st round took part. In addition there were the 16 teams of the Ekstraklasa .

date		Result
09/20/2011	Chrobry Głogów	0: 3	Lech poses
09/20/2011	Dolcan Ząbki	0: 1	Górnik Zabrze
09/20/2011	Limanovia Limanowa	1-0	Lechia Gdańsk
09/21/2011	Olimpia Elbląg	0: 0 a.d. (1: 3 in good condition )	Arka Gdynia
09/21/2011	Rozwój II Katowice	1: 4	Legia Warsaw
09/21/2011	Ruch Zdzieszowice	3: 1	Jagiellonia Białystok
09/21/2011	MKS Kluczbork	3: 2	Zagłębie Lubin
09/21/2011	Ruch Radzionków	0: 4	Polonia Warsaw
09/21/2011	Piast Gliwice	0: 1	Cracovia Krakow
09/21/2011	Gryf Wejherowo	1-0	Corona Kielce
09/21/2011	ŁKS Łódź	¹0: 1 a.d. ¹	Ruch Chorzów
09/22/2011	Flota Świnoujście	2: 4	Wisła Krakow
09/27/2011	Okocimski KS Brzesko	1: 3	Śląsk Wrocław
09/27/2011	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	3-0	GKS Bełchatów
09/28/2011	Puszcza Niepołomice	1: 1 a.d. (4: 5 in good condition )	Polonia Bytom
08/17/2011	OKS Stomil Olsztyn	0: 1	Widzew Łódź

¹ The game took place in Chorzów, as ŁKS waived its home rights due to the renovation of its own stadium.

3rd round

The 3rd round games took place between October 18th. November 19th and 19th 2011.

date		Result
October 18, 2011	Gryf Wejherowo	1-0	Górnik Zabrze
October 18, 2011	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	0: 1	Śląsk Wrocław
October 19, 2011	Ruch Zdzieszowice	1-0	MKS Kluczbork
October 19, 2011	Arka Gdynia	3: 1	Polonia Warsaw
25.10.2011	Polonia Bytom	1: 3 a.d.	Lech poses
10/26/2011	Limanovia Limanowa	1: 2	Wisła Krakow
10/26/2011	Legia Warsaw	3-0	Widzew Łódź
11/09/2011	Ruch Chorzów	2: 1 a.d.	Cracovia Krakow

Quarter finals

The games were played back and forth. The first named teams had home rights first. The first legs took place on March 13 and 14, 2012, the second legs on March 20 and 21, 2012.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Gryf Wejherowo	1: 4	Legia Warsaw	0: 3	1: 1
Lech poses	0: 2	Wisła Krakow	0: 1	0: 1
Ruch Zdzieszowice	2: 6	Ruch Chorzów	1: 4	1: 2
Arka Gdynia	(a) 3: 3(a)	Śląsk Wrocław	2-0	1: 3

Semifinals

The first named teams had home rights first. The first legs took place on April 3 and 4, 2012, the second legs on April 20 and 21, 2012.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ruch Chorzów	4: 4 (6: 5 i.E. )	Wisła Krakow	3: 1	1: 3 a.d.
Arka Gdynia	2: 4	Legia Warsaw	1: 2	1: 2

final

Legia Warsaw

Ruch Chorzów

April 24, 2012 in Stadion Miejski , Kielce

Result: 3: 0 (2: 0)

Spectators: 10,000

Referee: Hubert Siejewicz, ( Białystok )

Dušan Kuciak - Artur Jędrzejczyk , michał żewłakow (87. Rafał Wolski ), Iñaki Astiz Ventura , Jakub Wawrzyniak (70. Tomasz Kiełbowicz ) - MichaĹ Kucharczyk , Ivica Vrdoljak , Janusz Gol , Miroslav Radović , MichaĹ Żyro (83. Jakub Rzeźniczak ) - Danijel Ljuboja
coach: Maciej Skorża

Michal Peskovic - ukasz Burliga , Rafal Grodzicki , Piotr Stawarczyk , Marek Szyndrowski (46. Wojciech Grzyb ) - Marek Zieńczuk , Marcin Malinowski (33. PaweĹ Lisowski ), Gábor Straka , Maciej Jankowski , ukasz Janoszka - Andrzej Niedzielan (58. Pawel Abbott )
Trainer: Waldemar Fornalik

1-0 Danijel Ljuboja (8th)

2-0 Miroslav Radović (41st)

3-0 Michał Żyro (56th)

Michał Kucharczyk, Ivica Vrdoljak, Danijel Ljuboja, Jakub Rzeźniczak

Łukasz Burliga

Best goal scorers

Below are the top goal scorers of the 2011/12 Polish Football Cup. The sorting takes place according to the number of hits, with the same number of goals alphabetically.

rank	player	society	Gates
1	Bulgaria Zwetan Genkow	Wisła Krakow	4th
1	Poland Michał Żyro	Legia Warsaw	4th

Zwetan Genkow

Michał Żyro

Web links

Polish Football Cup 2011/12 on 90minut.pl ( Polish )